Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Public Domain

Nose Ornament
CultureNariño
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date600–1600 AD
PlaceEcuador, South America
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumHammered and cut gold
Dimensions3 × 8 × 1/8 in. (7.6 × 20.3 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.911
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's New York, November 24, 1986, lot 23]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 24, 1986–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #10.

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